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So much attention was paid to the ubiquitous smash "Bittersweet Symphony" and the ensuing lawsuit on behalf of the Rolling Stones that some have forgotten what a moving, magnificent work the album that introduced that song is. "Bittersweet Symphony" is just one of the emotional, atmospheric beauties here; so are "The Drugs Don’t Work," "Sonnet," "The Rolling People," "Catching the Butterfly," "Neon Wildernes," "Space and Time" and the other hit here, "Lucky Man." "Urban Hymns" (1997) stands as a Britpop classic, one which soared to #1 UK (#23 U.S.) and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. It returns here on remastered CD or deluxe edition featuring a previously unreleased 1998 concert at Haigh Hall in Wigan, England. Both super-deluxe editions bring you all that plus B-sides ("Lord I Guess I’ll Never Know," "Country Song," "So Sister," "Echo Bass" and more) as well as "Bittersweets Symphony" (extended version), "The Drugs Won’t Work" (original demo) and additional session tracks. The CD super-deluxe edition also includes live 1997–98 tracks from Manchester Academy, Brixton Academy and Washington, D.C., a previously unreleased BBC Evening Session from ’97, a DVD with promo videos, the Haigh Hall show and the Veve’s previously unavailable 1997 "Later with Jools Holland" appearance, a 56-page hardcover book, a poster and five postcards. If you do go for the vinyl (six LPs in three gatefold sleeves), you’ll be the recipient of a 20-page booklet and a download card that yields ALL the audio from the CD set! Virgin.